Potato Picker

This gourd is taken from a photograph of a proud
and beautiful young woman who makes her living
picking potatoes in the Midwest. She survives
as best she can and uses leftover potato sacks
to make into shawls and vests. This gourd was
also a little experiment in texture for me, and
I added a bit of oil pastel to my usual pyrography,
leather dye and acrylic paint.